2010-09-12 Words and Their Stories: Number One
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Today I will tell about expressions using numbers. Let…
2010-09-05 Words and Their Stories: Apple Pie Order
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today we tell about the expression, “apple pie order.” It…
2010-08-29 Words and Their Stories: Easy As Falling Off a Log
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Every people has its own way of saying things, its…
2010-08-22 Words and Their Stories: Touch All Bases
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) American English is full of colorful expressions. One such…
2010-08-15 Words and Their Stories: Down to Earth
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Every week at this time, we tell about popular American…
2010-08-08 Words and Their Stories: Belittle
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today’s word is belittle. It was first used by Thomas…
2010-07-25 Words and Their Stories: Get Your Act Together
I’m Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A woman from Japan was telling a friend…
2010-07-18 Words and Their Stories: Put Your Heart at Rest
Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. I’m Rich Kleinfeldt with some expressions using the word heart.…
2010-07-11 Words and Their Stories: Heart to Heart
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Each week, this program explains the many meanings of English…
2010-07-03 Words and Their Stories: Fireworks
Now the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. I’m Rich Kleinfeldt. Today we tell about the word fireworks.…
2010-06-27 Words and Their Stories: You Do Not Have to Be a Rocket Scientist
Hello. I’m Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English. “You do not need to be…
2010-06-20 Words and Their Stories: Mouth Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk,…
2010-06-13 Words and Their Stories: Bird Words
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Today we explain some expressions about birds. For example,…
2010-06-06 Words and Their Stories: Golden Rules and Golden Oldies
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Throughout history, gold has been a sign of purity, beauty…
2010-05-30 Words and Their Stories: Dog Talk
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in…